Plastiq

You’ve probably seen me write about Drop in the past, but it is a relatively new app where you link your credit/debit card and then earn points at many popular merchants for every dollar spent with that linked card. After you earn “Drop” points, you can redeem them for gift cards at Starbucks, AMC, iTunes,…

UPDATE: Plastiq reached out to me to let me know that “mortgage payments are not an allowable category on Visa cards”. I was also told that “any attempt to knowingly miscategorize mortgage payments would result in the termination of their Plastiq account.” Over this summer there were many reports stating that you could no longer…

Last month I wrote about a way to use an online bill-pay service to meet minimum spend requirements. This service, called Plastiq typically charges a 2.5% fee when you use an American Express, Visa, Mastercard, or Discover card to send payment to pay a bill. While paying this fee usually isn’t worth it for your regular…

Yesterday I wrote a post describing how I used the online bill-pay service Plastiq to meet minimum spend on a new credit card I applied for a few months ago. Typically this site charges a 2.5% service fee when you use an American Express, Visa, Mastercard, or Discover card to send payment to pay a bill.…

Back in January I applied for the SimplyCash Plus® Business Credit Card from American Express. At that time they were offering their highest sign up offer to date where you could earn up to $500 cash back. While this was a great offer, the minimum spend requirement was incredibly high – $15,000 (although you had 6 months…

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